Happy Lunar New Year everyone!
January
February
March
April
may
june
july
Back home on the East Coast, we started our first real search of tiny vintage trailers. And the search continues...
august
Other faves from August included abooze cruise down the Shenandoah River via floating inner tube where yours truly ate way too little fried chicken to offset the half gallon of punch that I consumed. Kids, do not try this at home.
september
Fall is my favorite time of year -- the crisp weather, the promise of the holidays,turkey legs and ren faires, pumpkin everything,Oktoberfests and way too much pumpkin ale (like seriously I think there is such a thing as ODing on pumpkin ale), and craft markets. I love the changing of the weather, the changing of leaves and the promise of the Holidays (and seeing family) just right around the corner.
We set up ‘camp’ in our still-empty living room one night to have a ‘slumber party,’ and, well, lets just say our camp stayed there until it was time to clean up for Christmas. I loved that little corner of pillows and blankets.
october
Halloween also marked another anniversary -- it had been a year since we closed on our home. I cannot believe how much our house has become our home in the past year. I also could not believe how quickly the year flew by…
november
And then...
First our littlest kitty became ill and had to be rushed to the ER. He pulled through just fine, but in the meantime Sly and I frantically scoured the internet and read up on everything we could to help our little guy. The result: we switched all our kitties over to a raw food diet. They have been thriving on it.
After Rufus recovered, then it was my turn to get sick. I caught a stomach virus and was completely immobilized without any sort of appetite for nearly a week. It was the longest I have ever gone without eating, and it was made all the worse because I became sick around Thanksgiving. That just pissed me off.
But November had a happy ending -- any weight lost from days of not eating was quickly regained by gorging on my mom's and Sly's cooking. If there was ever any motivation to get better…
December
This year was different. We found the most perfect Christmas tree at the most perfect Christmas tree lot (well, I think so anyway) and we hosted Christmas dinner in our house. But as always, the best part of December was just spending time with family.
More Year IN PHOTOS POSTS
A year in photos: 2011
A year in photos: 2012